This is a continuation of the post from 10 October 2010. And to continue with my visit to the 798 Arts Zone… I visited some of the same galleries as I did years ago, but of course the art works were different now. That artist had a whole series of blurry grey works that didn’t…
This post covers events of 10 October 2010. Not long after I moved to Beijing, back in 2006, I visited the 798 arts district, which I wrote about in the post you can get to by clicking on these words. I always figured an “arts district” would be something that would change constantly, so I’ve…
This post covers 5-8 October, 2010. One of the things on my to-do list for the trip was some shopping. Books, CDs, some musical accessories (like strings for my Chinese instruments), and clothing were on the list. The Xidan area west of Tiananmen Square features one of the city’s biggest bookstores as well as several…
This post covers things I saw on 5 October, 2010. Several times each day, I would walk between my hotel and Line 4’s Xisi Station. Eventually I noticed that over the construction fence there were some golden-tiled roofs, which usually indicate something interesting. So I walked around the corner and found the entrance to 广济寺…
This post covers things I saw on 5 October, 2010. On the first day after the music festival, I figured that with it being the national holiday and all, Tiananmen Square (天安门广场) might be interesting. It was certainly crowded. The first week of October is one of the biggest holidays in China, second only to…
This post was originally on my old Blogspot page, posted in 2010, but I’m copying it here to keep all my stuff together. It’s an ongoing project to relocate the rest of those old posts. Choosing to visit China during the first part of October has both advantages and disadvantages. It’s a national holiday, so…
Here’s a post about what I was up to in November of 2006, not long after I first arrived in Beijing. Yesterday was another adventure day, though not a tourist sort of adventure. I got a message from “Cloudtrapeze,” someone I met over on Last.fm, a Brit who’s been living in Beijing for some time….
Date of writing: 4 November I managed to get myself and all my remaining bags into a taxi after checking out of the Kuntai. It’s only a short ride, less than a mile, and cost ¥10 (about $1.25), but was a real chore with all my junk. The driver didn’t know exactly where to turn,…
Date of writing: 6 November If you’re reading this, I must have got my internet connection set up. I blew nearly my last cash at the Digital Jungle on a network cable, plugged it in, and got nothing. I asked BG about it, and apparently there’s some software that needs to be installed to connect…
It’s been a couple days without an update, but I haven’t really done anything exciting this week. I’m packing up all my things at the hotel, getting ready to check out and move over to my apartment. It’s still only partially appointed, but I don’t have the room at the Kuntai for another night. So…